The Huron Expositor, 1976-12-23, Page 5It was a wise plan ... and it
worked, The Jones' family party
was a success ... everyone who
attended talked about it for
wces.
The Ontario Safety League asks
you to follow the Jones plan: First
a Friend, then a host.
The Ontario Safety League is a
non-profit, non-governmental
organization, dedicated to saving
lilves through safety education.
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Little parts add up to
driving. Little wishes
add up to big holiday
greetings, Hearty
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sypoiki;Exe WOO, DECEMBER 23.,
MAy hAPPiness
always xiwell with
you. FioM
quse to your
ouse thinks,
NOW THAT WAS A WINTER — This photo of Main St. in Wingham, probably in
1947, was sent to the Expositor by readers Benson and Anne Hamilton of Whitby.
The clock tower of the old Post Office, now the Wingham Day Care Centre, is just
visible above the snow bank. The Hamilton's write that they are pleased with the
improvement of mail delifery of their Expositor, and got a recent issue the week of
publication. •
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HE'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE — Grandma, Mrs. Elva Ellis of Seaforth dug
into her collection of family p hotos to find-this one of her three grandchildren°, from
left,' Paul, Jane and David looking out the window for Santa on Christmas Eve,
1966. The three are the children of Peg and Wayne Ellis of John St.
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First a friend-then a host
There'S a Vot of t'epitition
among place names in Canada. Af
least half of the 10 provinces have
their Alma, Glenwood, Paradise,
St., Andres, St. George, St.
Mary'S and St. Paul. Seven
provinces have a Victoria and
there's„.a• Victoriaville in Quebec
and a Victoire in Saskatchewan.
Every province also has its
share of strange or curious place
names but when it comes to truly
amusing and exclusive ones,
Newfoundland wins hands down
for wit, dryness, sparkle and just
plain ham.
There's an •Eastport, a
Southport and a Westport but no
Northport. Instead there are two
North Harbours and both are in
the south,
There's also an East Bay in the
south, a North Bay in the west, a
West Bay way up north in
Labrador and a Southern Bay in
the east.
Delightful names like Come-by-
Chance, Blow-Me-Down and H
arbour Grace are on most maps
but what of Empty Basket and
Bread-and-Cheese, Confusion
Bay and Run-by-gueis, Jerry's
Nose and Joe Batt's Arm?
Heart's Delight, Heart's Desire
and Heart's Content are three in a
row along Highway 80, facing
Little Heart 's Ease across Trinity
bay.
Great Pinchgut is not far from
Tickle Bay while it's a short
distance from Dildo to Conception
Bay. "
After visiting Gin Cove, Bottle
Cove and Molson Lake, one can
always convalesce at Bay de l'Eau
or Dry Pond.
Leading Tickles is across the
bay from Pradise, close to Too
Good Arm and Comfort Cove.
After naming Horse Chops, Cat
Gut and Happy Adventure,
Newfoundlanders probably ran
out of names so the English
named Harbour Harbour and the
French countered with Port au
'A,
Port. No one knows who named
Nameless Cove.
Next " in interest among
provinces for unsuual place
names perhaps is Quebec, where
settlers turned heavily to religion
for place names.
The province has called more
than 600 places after saints
including 15 SaintJeans, nine
Saint-Pierres, eight Sainte-Annes
and Saint-Josephs and seven
Saint-Louis, Sainte-Marguerites
and Saint-Pauls.
There are ' 23 Notre-Dames
including Notre-Dame de Ham
and Notre Dame de Stanbridge.
Ready for Mole "heavenly"
place names?
Then how about
L'Annonciation, La Visitation, La
Presentation,, La. Providence, La
Here's an adult Christmas
story from the Ontario Safety
League.
The Jones family looked
forward to their traditional
Christmas holiday party for their
friends and relatives. Over the
years it -had become a highlight of, .
their holiday season. John usually'
left most of the planning to his
wife, but this year he was
troubled. A statistic he had read
stuck in his mind--more than a
quarter of all fatal automobile
accidents involve drinking, and
almost half of the drivers' killed
each year had been drinking.
What to do about the party?
The season to be jolly, a cup of
good cheer. People expected it,
and John wanted to behospitable.
He talked it over with Anna and
they decided ,.that the slogan
"First a friend, then a host"
made sense. After all, an accident
that injured or killed- someone otti ..
the way home from their party.",
would darken their Christmases
for the rest of their days. -To be a
host meant they would serve
drinks, but to be a friend meant
they would try to keep everyone
below the critical level where
driving is impaired.. John and
Ann agreed on this plan.
1. Since it's a physiological
fact that it takes the body about
one hour to eliminate the alcohol
in one drink, the one-for-one rule
works --.one drink an hour, or one
hour before driving far each
drink. d And an, ounce per
drink--no doubles,
2. Close the bar (casually, with
no moralizing) an hour before
guests were expected to start
leaving.
3. Have coffee ready when the
bar is dosed, not because it would
sober anyone up but because it
would hole the guests a little
longer. Time is the only factor on
getting rid of alcohol.
4. If a guest drinks too much,
arrange for someone else to
drive him horn, or call a cab.
.•
May the happiness and
joy of the season
touch' every home, each
family. We thank
all our friends
and neighbors for their
loyal patronage.
We wish you joy ... in laughter and good
cheer . . . joy in gifts and glad surprises
• . loy in friends and family . . . joy at
Christmas, with all its deep meaning.
May the true old-fashioned joys of the
season come to you . . . and linger long.
Holiday Hours: Open fill 5 Dec. 24
Closed until Dec, 29
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FOR ME ? ? ? All the joy of Christmas is reflected on young Jamie Krauter's face
as tie opens a parcel Christmas merolng in this 1974 photo. Jamie, and his sister
Karen, left,'live in Hullett Township aild they are both students at Hullett Central
*School:-
Place names are interestin
Conception. La Redemption,
L'Assomption, L'Ascension and
La - Resurrection? And don't
forget L'Enfant-Jesus d'Ely.
Down in the Gaspe Peninsula,
the early settlers showed more
imagination when they named
Anse-Pleureuse (Whimpering
Bay), Gros-Morne (Big Bluff),
Manche-d'Epee (Sword Handle)
and Cap-des-Rosiers (Rosebush
Cape)., •
Each other province has its
share of unusual or amusing place
names, many of them reflecting
the origin of the early settlers,
Saskatchewan has a
Blumenheim, a Blumenhof, a
Blumenort and a Blumenthal as
well as a Rheinland and a
Rhineland.
province also has
Plenty, Resource, Revenue,
SucCess, Superb, Unity,
Wartime, Livelong and Eyebrow.
Manitoba boasts Flin Flon,
named after cartoonist Al Capp's
(Lil Abner) comic strip character
Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin.
There's no Dogpateh in
Manitoba, however, but there is a
Dogpound in Alberta ifthat's any
consolation.
Out west British Columbia,
villages called ' Wonowon, Chu.
Chua, Bella Bella, Kleena Kleene
and Ta Ta Creek make one
wonder how many of the early
settlers were stutterers.
But there are other perfectly
"normal" names• in B.C. like
Horsefly, Soda, Creek, Yahk.
Olalla, Gang Ranch and River
Jordan.
And, still inB.C., you can't
miss 70-Mile House, 100-Mile
House and 150-Mile House if you
watch your odometer carefully.
In northern B.C., Sunrise
Valley is six miles East of Sunset
Prairie as it should be.
In Ontario, there are Ottawa,
Mattawa, Oshawa, Petawawa,
Pagawa, Batawa, Sadowa,
Nottawa, Mammamattawa and,
of course, Wawa.
In „the Maritime Provinces,
there are Ecum Secum and Skir
Dh'u in Nova Seotia, Five Fingers
in New 'Brunswick and Five
Houses in Prince Edward Island.
Some Indian and Inuit (Eskimo)
place names in Canada are real
tongue twisters. They say you
should pronounce them as you ,
see them.
Try your luck with Gjoa Haven,
Umingmaktok, lnoucdjouac,
Musquodoboit and
Keeseehooweinin.
All 10 Canadian provinces and
both territories have their share
of interesting place names. They'
also have beautiful scenery,
historic attractions, lively cities
varied events, comfortable
accommodation and good
7-reitaurants. Vacation in Canada
this year and see for yourself.
For general information about
Canada as a travel, destination,
contact the Canadian Government
Office of Tourism, 150 Kent
Street, Ottawa, Canada K I A OH6.
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